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Kayapó Puzzle

Do you have linguistic skills? Try your hand at this little puzzle! It is very simple. There are 4 sample Kayapó sentences, each with an English translation. Below, there are 6 sentences, 4 in Kayapó and 2 in English. You figure out what is missing!

The answers follow at the bottom of this page. Don't cheat!

Examples

Imã kinh. I like it.

Amã kinh. You like it.

Imã bày kinh. I like corn.

Tyrti'ã dja. He stepped on the banana.

Exercises

1. Amã bày djành. You find ________ delicious.

2. Imã tyrti djành. __________________________.

3. Djãm amã tyrti djành? Do you _______________?

4. Imã tyrti djành kêt. I don't ____________________.

5. I don’t like corn. ______________________.

6. Did he step on the corn? __________________________?


Answers

1. You find corn delicious.

2. I find bananas delicious.

3. Do you find bananas delicious?

4. I don't find bananas delicious.

5. Imã bày kinh kêt.

6. Djãm bày’ã dja?

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